Wind Resource Assessment Conference North America

Registration And Morning Refreshments

Chair’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

Joerg Winterfeldt, Senior Micrositing Engineer, GE

Fundamentals Of Project Finance: How To Make Informed Decisions On Your Wind Farm 

• What do investors consider as key requirements for a risk-managed project? 
• Alternative sources of debt which banks/financial investors are willing to take, in order to identify future threats to the financing of projects
• Let’s get this right: production estimates – P50 and P90
• Turbine sector specific production loss estimates

Terri Denning, General Manager – Business Development, Suzlon

Machine Learning For Wind Farm Performance Characterization, Validation And Optimization 

• Validating performance improvements for individual turbine upgrades
• Wind farm level validation in the presence of wake management technologies
• Virtual sensor inference of wind flow parameters

Scott Evans, Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, GE

Networking Break And Morning Refreshments  

Identifying Potential Wind Turbine Radar Interference Impacts Early In The Planning Process

• A Review of U.S Government Wind Turbine Radar Interference Mitigation Activities
• Operational Assessment: Successes of the Interagency Field Test and Evaluation Program
• Maturation and Deployment: Roles of the Wind Turbine Radar Interference Mitigation Working Group
• Overview of the Tools for Siting, Planning and Environmental Analysis of Renewables (TSPEAR) Framework Project

Validating And Verifying Wind Flow Models Utilizing Site Data

• Three step process of model (wind flow, wakes and power curve) validation: cross prediction, wind shear and model sensitivity
• Treatment of stability at simple and complex sites
• Advanced site measurement validation

How To Reduce Financial Risks When Developing Wind Farms In Cold Climates?

• IEA WIND Task 19 international expert group: Standardizing Cold Climate
• How do banks perceive icing in project development?
• Case example on icing and current best practices to minimise financial risks

Ville Lehtomäki, Senior Scientist, VTT

Networking Lunch 

IEC 61400-15: An Overview Of The Wind Resource Assessment Standard

• Scope of work, participants and timeline
• A discussion of the approaches and implications for the industry
• How to get engaged as part of the process 

Jason Fields, Wind Applications Engineer, NREL

HIGH FREQUENCY TALKS

Clarifying The Role Of Certifications And IE Standardization In Lowering Uncertainties

Each delegate will be given the chance to express their thoughts, concerns, ideas and solutions anonymously and in written form (5 minutes). The moderator will then read out loud the audience’s suggestions on how to make the industry progress on these issues. The debate will then be opened up to the rest of the room making this the perfect occasion to overcome the barriers to establishing concrete and realistic measurement standardization practices.

Moderator: Jason Fields, Wind Applications Engineer, NREL

Networking Break And Afternoon Refreshments  

Delegates will select one of the following peer-to-peer discussions from the strategic or technical streams listed below. You will move into small break-out groups where discussions will be off the record and led by an expert on the given topic. Delegates are encouraged to bring along their considered ideas and questions in order to facilitate a meaningful and in-depth discussion. 

STREAM 1: STRATEGIC

A. CLOSED DOOR OPERATORS' ROUNDTABLE: Measuring OEMs Performance And Commitment To Help Avoid Future Losses

Host: Alexandre Kapetanovic, Data Analysis And Instrumentation Manager, RES Americas

B. FINANCIAL AND ENGINEERING TEAMS: Increasing Synergy To Better Understand The Modeling Mechanics And Make The Right Financial Assessment On Projects

Host:  Terri Denning, General Manager – Business Development, Suzlon

STREAM 2: TECHNICAL

A. The Role Of Weather Forecast In Customizing Wind Turbines For A Realistic Impact On AEP

Host: Chad Ringley, Energy Analytics Director,  Pattern Energy

B. Reducing Icing Uncertainties For A Positive Impact On Project Bankability

Host:   Ville Lehtomäki,   Senior Scientist,  VTT

Rountable Feedback

Delegates return to the main plenary room to hear the discussion leaders sharing the main outcomes of their discussions. 

Chair’s closing remarks

End of Forum Day 1